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AAU Innovation and Competitiveness

Innovation & Competitiveness

America’s research universities are essential to the innovation that is the foundation of U.S. competitiveness and long-term economic growth. Without university research — much of it funded by the U.S. government — companies would not have been able to develop many of the industrial products, processes, and services upon which the nation now prospers.

AAU strongly supports the innovation and competitiveness agendas that have been advanced in recent years by some of the nation’s top industrial, scientific, technological and political leaders. These agendas focus on enhancing government support for university research and strengthening the nation’s talent pool in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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Reports

International Students and American Competitiveness

BRT and the Association of American Universities examine the importance of international students to the U.S. economy and national security.
Letters

TFAI Urges Appropriators to Meet Commitment on CHIPS

TFAI urged appropriators to fully fund NIST, DOE Office of Science, and NSF at the funding levels authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act.
Letters

ESC, Members of House Science Committee Urge Energy Department, OMB, and OSTP to Request Robust Funding for DOE Office of Science in FY24

Letters from ESC and Members of House Science Committee Urge Energy Department, OMB, and OSTP to match funding levels for DOE Office of Science in FY24 with funding levels in the CHIPS and Science Act.
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Letters

AAU Urges Congress to Finish FY23 Appropriations

AAU wrote a letter to Congress urging them to finish FY23 appropriations process this fall.

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AAU Signs on to Leiden Principles on the Role of Research-Intensive Universities

AAU has joined the League of European Research Universities, the Canadian U15, the United Kingdom’s Russell Group, the Japanese Research University 11, the German U15, and the Australian Group of Eight in signing on to the Leiden Principles on the role of research-intensive universities as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public/Open Access | Recommendation | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU, Associations Urge Congress to Include College Transparency Act in Pending Competitiveness Legislation

AAU, ACE, and other higher education organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate education committees endorsing the College Transparency Act (S. 839/H.R. 2030) and urging the inclusion of CTA language currently in the America COMPETES Act in the final and reconciled version of the United States Innovation and Competition Act and the America COMPETES Act.
Letters | Student Aid | Department of Education | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness

TFAI Urges Congress to Include Supplemental Appropriations in Final Conference Agreement on Pending Competitiveness Legislation

The Task Force on American Innovation, an alliance of industry, professional societies, and university organizations including AAU, sent a letter urging congressional leaders to include supplemental appropriations for science and technology programs in the final conference agreement on the House-passed America COMPETES Act and the Senate-passed U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.
Letters | FY23 | FY22 | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | Innovation and Competitiveness

“Dear Colleague” Letter Requests Robust Funding for DOE Office of Science in FY23

123 Members of Congress signed onto a “Dear Colleague” letter urging House appropriators to include “robust and sustained” funding for the Department of Energy Office of Science in the FY23 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.

Letters | FY23 | Department of Energy | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness

CNSF Requests At Least $11 Billion for NSF in FY23

The Coalition for National Science Funding, which includes AAU, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators requesting at least $11 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation in FY23.
Letters | FY23 | National Science Foundation | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness

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